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Goldstein, J., Spiro, R.W., Reiff, P.H., Wolf, R.A., Sandel, B.R., Freeman, J.W. and Lambour, R.L. (2002). IMF-driven overshielding electric field and the origin of the plasmaspheric shoulder of May 24, 2000. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2001GL014534. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Between the hours of 6--10 UT on May 24, 2000, the IMAGE extreme ultraviolet (EUV) instrument observed a shoulder-shaped bulge in the morning sector plasmapause <Burch et al., 2001a, 2001b>. Simulation results of the data-driven Magnetospheric Specification Model (MSM) have reproduced the formation (during 4:00--5:15 UT) and subsequent evolution of the shoulder. In the model, the shoulder is created by a dusk-to-dawn overshielding electric field, triggered by two sudden, strong northward (Nwd) turnings of the IMF. Overshielding causes antisunward flow of pre-dawn plasma, producing an asymmetric bulge that rotates eastward. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere--inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma convection, Magnetospheric Physics, Electric fields, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasmasphere |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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